10 courses with the subject FD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FD 1100Fashion Sketching for Fashion Designers3
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. First of two courses in fashion sketching, students learn basic croquis (specialized figure) drawing, develop their own set of croquis, and use them to sketch their own designs. Sketching all types of garments and silhouettes is covered using pencil, watercolor, and marker techniques. Prerequisite(s): Only open to Fashion Design, Retail Merchandising, and Theatre Arts Majors. Department: Business
FD 1200Fashion Sketching for Fashion Designers II3
(s) Hours: 3 Second of two courses in fashion sketching, students sketch an original design collection - a minimum of eight (8) coordinated outfits. Fabric swatching and multiple views are required. Additional work is done on portfolio preparation, and sketching technique refinement. Prerequisite(s): FD 1100 and BF 3500 Only open to Fashion Design and Business of Fashion (previously Retail Merchandising) Majors. Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): FD 1300 Department: Business
(s) Hours: 3 Advanced Fashion Design students learn a variety of computer programs for sketching and creating designs using a stylus and a pressure sensitive tablet. Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and fashion design plug-ins are covered. Prerequisite(s): Open only to Fashion Design and Business of Fashion (previously Retail Merchandising) Majors. For Fashion Design majors: FD 1100 and BA 6000 Prerequisite for Business of Fashion majors: BA 6000 Department: Business 474
(s) Hours: 3 Basic sample room garment construction procedures including seaming, seam finishing, pockets, collars, setting sleeve, pleats, gathers, darts and various other techniques are covered. Students construct garments to demonstrate mastery of various techniques. Prerequisite(s): Only open to Fashion Design, Business of Fashion (previously Retail Merchandising), and Theatre Arts Majors. Department: Business
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Mastering the skills of flat pattern drafting and manipulation for both menswear and womenswear. Basic pattern manipulation techniques including dart manipulation, contoured seaming, and the slash and spread method are covered. Students must use flat pattern drafting to create, cut, and sew one garment. Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): FD 2100 Department: Business
(s) Hours: 3 Introduction to draping and flat pattern design, including development of slopers (base patterns) for bodices, sleeve and skirts via draping on dress forms. Translating slopers into hard patterns and then flat patterns to manipulate fullness into various design styles. Students must complete a garment (dress or suit) constructed in fabric for final project. Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): FM 3500 or BF 3500 Department: Business
(s) Hours: 3 Advanced draping techniques are explored, along with flat pattern work. Draping in actual fabrics, sample room techniques, and garment finishing are covered. Pants slopers are developed. Students must complete two (2) complete outfits for inclusion in the annual Fashion Show presentation. Prerequisite(s): FD 2100 and FM 3500 or BF 3500 Department: Business 475
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Intermediate design students study current trends in women's wear, paying special attention to construction analysis, line, fabric and color selection and price points. Design principles are explored, and current designer collections analyzed for design merits and marketability. Students own sense of style is developed and refined. Department: Business
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Second course in the CAD series for Fashion Design. The three-dimensional capabilities of the Optitex software package will be covered. Students produce high-resolution still color images and video of design concepts, including the use of Runway to create three-dimensional visualizations of designs. Advanced work in the Adobe suite is also covered. Prerequisite(s): BA 6000, FD 2100 and FD 1300 Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): FD 2000 and FD 2200 Department: Business
(s) Hours: 1 class hr., 8 internship hrs. minimum Supervised field experience in fashion design, plus one hour a week devoted to seminar discussion of relevant field experience, is required. All students must have an internship as an assistant designer. Open only to graduating Fashion Design Majors with no developmental core requirements. Department: Business
